Search form

You are here

Sports

The 2017 South Dakota Rodeo Association finals rodeo was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Rapid City. Numerous local contestants were in the program as they were among the top 12 money earners during the SDRA season.

Sydney Maher, Timber Lake, and Trey Young, Dupree, were average winners in the finals rodeo. Maher was the winner in barrel racing for the second year in a row and Young was tops in the calf roping.

The Timber Lake School District dedicated the newly improved football and track field in memory of the late Doug Kraft on Friday during halftime of the football game.

The dedication ceremony began as Superintendent Dan Martin recognized volunteers who contributed to the project. Those who were present gathered at the 50-yard line of the field as their names were called.

Timber Lake tasted defeat for just the second time this season on Friday night, as they lost a raucous back-and-forth 9-man football struggle to the Potter County Battlers, 36-28 in Timber Lake.

The Panthers led 22-8 at halftime but saw the Battlers score three unanswered touchdowns in the second half. Potter County took a 28-22 lead with just over three minutes left in the game when Cole Nafziger took a pass from Ben Krueger 35 yards to the end zone.

Distance runners from Harding County, Wakpala, McIntosh, Newell, Lemmon and of course Timber Lake converged upon the Little Moreau Country Club last Friday afternoon for the annual Timber Lake Invitational Meet.

Varsity Boys

Garrett Rolph of Harding County was the top runner with a time of 17:56, leading the Ranchers to the team points win as well.

Timber Lake hosted the Little Moreau Conference volleyball tournament Saturday, where Harding County won the tournament by defeating Faith in the finals.

Timber Lake defeated Lemmon in the first round and beat Faith in the second round before losing to Harding County. In a match to enter the finals, the Panthers played Faith again. The Longhorns were able to win that match, leaving TLHS with third place honors.

The Timber Lake Panthers won their second game in a row and went to 5-1 on the season Friday at Lions Field in Lemmon, as TLHS overpowered the Lemmon/McIntosh Cowboys 40-20.

The Panthers will host Potter County (2-3) this Friday at Doug Kraft Field in their final home game and penultimate regular season contest, as they have a bye week on Friday, Oct. 6. They will travel to Philip (1-4) on Oct. 13 to finish the season schedule.

The Dupree varsity football team made it two in a row Friday on their home field, as they defeated the Crazy Horse Chiefs 54-0. This week the Tigers travel to face the Harding County Ranchers. After playing at Faith the following week, Dupree will close out their season at home versus Newell on Oct. 13.